1906 Philadelphia Athletics season

1906 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkColumbia Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
ManagersConnie Mack
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The 1906 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fourth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 67 losses.

Preseason

1906 Philadelphia City Series

The Athletics played five of nine scheduled games against the Philadelphia Phillies for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies, 4 games to 1.

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 March 31, 1906 No Game - Rain Philadelphia Ball Park - -[1] 
2 April 2, 1906 Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 7 Columbia Park 2:00 5,000[2] 
3 April 3, 1906 Philadelphia Athletics – 3, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:45 4,508[3] 
4 April 4, 1906 Philadelphia Phillies – 0, Philadelphia Athletics – 1 Columbia Park - 4,024[4] 
5 April 5, 1906 Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Phillies – 4 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:35 4,175[5] 
6 April 6, 1906 No Game - Cold Columbia Park - -[6] 
7 April 7, 1906 Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 7 Columbia Park 1:45 8,211[7] 
8 April 9, 1906 No Game - Rain Philadelphia Ball Park - -[8] 
9 April 10, 1906 No Game - Wet Grounds Philadelphia Ball Park - -[9]

The A's moved to 18-15 against the Phillies after the 1906 series.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 93 58 .616 — 54‍–‍23 39‍–‍35
New York Highlanders 90 61 .596 3 53‍–‍23 37‍–‍38
Cleveland Naps 89 64 .582 5 47‍–‍30 42‍–‍34
Philadelphia Athletics 78 67 .538 12 48‍–‍23 30‍–‍44
St. Louis Browns 76 73 .510 16 40‍–‍34 36‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers 71 78 .477 21 42‍–‍34 29‍–‍44
Washington Senators 55 95 .367 37½ 33‍–‍41 22‍–‍54
Boston Americans 49 105 .318 45½ 22‍–‍54 27‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1906 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 4–18 8–14 10–12 5–17–1 8–14 5–17 9–13
Chicago 18–4 — 12–10–1 11–11 12–10–1 12–9 13–7–1 15–7
Cleveland 8–14 10–12–1 — 14–8–1 10–11–1 12–10–1 14–8 15–7
Detroit 12–10 11–11 8–14–1 — 11–11 6–13 9–13–1 14–6
New York 17–5–1 10–12–1 11–10–1 11–11 — 13–8 13–8–1 15–7
Philadelphia 14–8 9–12 10–12–1 13–6 8–13 — 9–11–2 15–5–1
St. Louis 17–5 7–13–1 8–14 13–9–1 8–13–1 11–9–2 — 12–10
Washington 13–9 7–15 7–15 6–14 7–15 5–15–1 10–12 —

Roster

1906 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other positions

Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Ossee Schreckengost 98 338 96 .284 1 41
1B Harry Davis 145 551 161 .292 12 96
2B Danny Murphy 119 448 135 .301 2 60
SS Monte Cross 134 445 89 .200 1 40
3B John Knight 74 253 49 .194 3 20
OF Topsy Hartsel 144 533 136 .255 1 30
OF Bris Lord 118 434 101 .233 1 44
OF Socks Seybold 116 411 130 .316 5 59

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Harry Armbruster 91 265 63 .238 2 24
Doc Powers 58 185 29 .157 0 7
Rube Oldring 59 174 42 .241 0 19
Art Brouthers 37 144 30 .208 0 14
Dave Shean 22 75 16 .213 0 3
Simon Nicholls 12 44 8 .182 0 1
Claude Berry 10 30 7 .233 0 2
Jim Byrnes 10 23 4 .174 0 0
Danny Hoffman 7 22 5 .227 0 1
Ed Lennox 6 17 1 .059 0 0
Eddie Collins 6 15 3 .200 0 0
Willy Fetzer 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Jack Hannifin 1 1 1 1.000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rube Waddell 43 272.2 15 17 2.21 196
Chief Bender 36 238.1 15 10 2.53 159
Jimmy Dygert 35 213.2 11 13 2.70 106
Eddie Plank 26 211.2 19 6 2.25 108
Jack Coombs 23 173.0 10 10 2.50 90
Andy Coakley 22 149.0 7 8 3.14 59

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Cunningham 5 28.0 1 0 3.21 15
Hack Schumann 4 18.0 0 2 4.00 9
Jim Holmes 3 9.0 0 1 4.00 1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill Bartley 3 0 0 1 9.35 6

Notes

  1. ^ "Athletics Were on Tap, But Rain Prevented Game". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 1, 1906. p. 14.
  2. ^ "Athletics Defeat Phillies in Opening Game, 7 to 1". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 3, 1906. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Athletics Win Second Game of Series By Clear Inside Work". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 4, 1906. p. 10.
  4. ^ "Another Shutout for the Phillies". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1906. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Phils Take a Game from Gallus Champs". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 6, 1906. p. 10.
  6. ^ "Too Frosty for Baseball Games". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 7, 1906. p. 10.
  7. ^ "Athletics Cinch the Local Series". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 8, 1906. p. 15.
  8. ^ "Base Ball Map is Spotted by Rain". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1906. p. 10.
  9. ^ "Last Local Game was Called Off". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11, 1906. p. 10.

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